title: Treatment of pilonidal sinus by excision and rhomboid flap.
abstract: A series of 23 patients with chronic pilonidal disease have been treated by excision and transposition rhomboid flap. Full primary healing was obtained in all patients, with only two cases of wound seroma. The average hospital stay was 9 days. The mean follow-up period was 12 months, and no late recurrences have occurred.
authors.affiliation: Service of General and Digestive Surgery, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiménez Romero
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alcalde
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pulido
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rico
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D010864:Pilonidal Sinus / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing